Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-02
lyn's most brilliant social event of the

lyn's most brilliant social event of the
season.
STREET CAR roI1rENEss.
"Arc men IN New York as polite as
they are in other placesY' was Il question
discussed with much enthusiasm by Il
| company of women containing repre-
| sentatiyes from several cities. 1t seemed
| TO be the general opinion that men here
| are more inclined to give up seats in
| street cars than are the men in other
! eastern cities. One woman from Boston,
| professor in Il womcn's college near
| the hub, declared it was a relief TO see q
man act with some common sense when
he does give his seat to II woman.
| why she said, Tin Boston when n
| man concludes that he will give his seat
TO n woman he doesn't call her attention
| to It and say. touching his hat, Have this
| seat madam, as New York man does.
He simply gets up, turOhis back to her,
and hangs to 4 strap, and goes out on the
| platform. OF course woman can t be
| enthusiastically grateful for the display
of any such vinegary gallantry as that.
| More than half the time when n man in
| the Boston street cars gives you his seat
| you can't tell whether he gets up because
| he wants TO, or out of consideration for
! you. 1t is no wonder that Boston women
| have almost quit saying Thank YOU,
| tiu IL 10 Wi llil D'SlVll llth Stt
semi-occasiOnaliy indignant through the
| newspapers because they don't say it,
| But it is y pleasure to have a courtesy
| rendered in Il courteous way, rs the New
York men do. They not only give UP
| their seats moro courtcously but they do
| il much oftener than they do it in Bos
! ton"
SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME.
The Authors club is subjected to some
| la ,,i Of r.
member must be the writer of u pub
lished book. a jocose critic proposed the
name of Whitelaw Reid to make out Il
strong ease by showing that an eminent
man of literature could not be elected, and
then he offered Harry Hill, the dive keeper,
rs one specimen of book authorShip-for
| iarryS "reminiscences have been printed
| between covers In point of fact, this
| club Is an outgrowth of n dinner party of
! half dozen gentlemen who met about
SIN years ago. They enjoyed one an.
others society and thought it Il pity that
| because they Were writers of books they
were obliged to see so little of each
| other. So they agreed to form club
| and meet regularly. Then the club
| grew, the general acquisitions for mem
| berShip boing that a man must have had
a book published, Regarding the posi-.
| b!ity of scvcrcr acquisitions and the ma
ture of the club, MIR. G. Bunncr, one of
tiit toiIili VII Nstltl
There may be no change in the laws
| regulating admission, but it is quite pos
| siblc that they may be enforced with
| somewhat more rigidity. The admlnis-
tration of the club, however, is not con
dGctcd i'll any arrogant spirit and am
| glad to have the opportunity to explain
! its relation to the community of writer's.
| 1t should be considered first and always
| that the Authors club is
PURELY SOCIAL CLUB,
| guided like the Union league or any other
| social organization on the principles of
| good fellowship. That one of Its rcstric-
| tOns to membership requires a man to be
| the writer OF a book is no depreciation
| whatever of journalists or eSSaylSts who
reach the public through other channels.
| Our design is to bring book writer's who
| by nature of theW business, see little of
| each other, together, where they may cul
uyatc acquaintance and talk shop. On
| the other hand, that we do not include in
| membership some noted authors does not
| signify that we look down upon these
| writers; we atrOgatc no superiority TO
| ourselves, but not every author is agree
| able. This too, is no reelection On the
| social qualities of authors VINO are not
| members, Tor some may not care to join.
| 1t has been felt, however, that perhaps
| the admission has been a little too free;
the club has developed rapidly and spon-
| taneously, and it is quite possible that
| there are among the members those who
| although the best fellows in the world,
are hardly to be considered authors in
| the sense OF being engaged solely in
| literary work
| just MS the Press club is n social organ.
| lzation of only small portion of New
| York journalism, so the Authors club is
| composed of few book writer's only;
| and each society has been unfortunate in
| choosing an llnDDrODrlatp name
OUR GRANDMA'S STYLE.
How funny that all improvements have
| to be forced upon the world! We are
continually harrasscd with demands for
reform in dress ana as continually re.
fusing 10 accept the innovations, and
from AZ! that l can learn our ancestors
were all the time doing the same My
grandmother has been telling me some.
thing bout how the present styles in
women's undeTgarments came into
vogue. When she was a child, she said,
no onewore any lower underclothes except
stockings, After a while there came a
fashion for pantalettes, winch consisted
SIMPLY of a broad ruflle fastened by n
tight band just below the knee, Cmldron
used to have two SETS, white ones for best,
and yellow nankeen or calico for every
day wear. She tied 10 describe how
they looked, but told her that / had
seen pictures of them in the ROllo books
and that | had nearly died of laughter the
first time ! saw Little Emily at the
theater when the Mcawbcr twins came
in with those white llapping things hang,
ing below their short dresses, She said
there was reason for the fashion for
pantalettes, as there is for every decree of
fashion. People had begun to think it
more sensible TO put short dresses on
children rather than long gowns reach
ing below their ankles, and 10 make the
costume modest, the extra coverings for
the limbs was invented. But the pres,
ence Of
TIGHT BAND ABOUT THE LEG
was objectionable on account of its dis
comfort and the remedy for this led TO
the next step in the evolution of the pres
ent lower under-garment. To the out.
side of the broad ruf1ie was attached,the
base of long, acute angle triangle of